Look up cleft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cleft is an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation. Cleft may refer to: Cleft lip and palate, a...

cleft lip contains an opening in the upper lip that may extend into the nose. The opening may be on one side, both sides, or in the middle. A cleft palate...

The intergluteal cleft or just gluteal cleft, also known by a number of synonyms, including natal cleft and cluneal cleft, is the groove between the buttocks...

facial cleft is an opening or gap in the face, or a malformation of a part of the face. Facial clefts is a collective term for all sorts of clefts. All...

A cleft sentence is a complex sentence (one having a main clause and a dependent clause) that has a meaning that could be expressed by a simple sentence...

constitute the lateral boundaries of the pudendal cleft. The pudendal cleft, also known as the vulvar cleft or cleft of Venus (rima vulvae or rima pudendi in Latin)...

Ectrodactyly, split hand, or cleft hand (from Ancient Greek ἔκτρωμα (ektroma) 'miscarriage' and δάκτυλος (daktylos) 'finger') involves the deficiency...

include: cleft lip [CL] cleft lip and alveolus [CLA] cleft lip, alveolus, and palate [CLAP] cleft lip and palate (with an intact alveolus) [CLP] cleft palate...

expression of the actual genotype. Cleft chins can be presented in a child when neither parent presents a cleft chin. Cleft chins are common among people originating...

bifid nose (also known as cleft nose) is an uncommon congenital malformation which is characterized by the presence of a cleft between the two nostrils...

The Cleft (2007) is a novel by Doris Lessing. The story is narrated by a Roman historian, during the time of the Emperor Nero. He tells the story as a...

A laryngeal cleft or laryngotracheoesophageal cleft is a rare congenital abnormality in the posterior laryngo-tracheal wall. It occurs in approximately...

An intercellular cleft is a channel between two cells through which molecules may travel and gap junctions and tight junctions may be present. Most notably...

The intermammary cleft, intermammary sulcus, or sulcus intermammarius is a surface feature of males and females that marks the division of the two breasts...

glans. The hood may be partially or completely hidden within the pudendal cleft. The area between the labia minora where the vaginal introitus and the urinary...

philtrum from Ancient Greek φίλτρον phíltron, lit. "love charm") or medial cleft is a vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip, common to...

A Rathke's cleft cyst is a benign growth on the pituitary gland in the brain, specifically a mucin-filled cyst in the posterior portion of the anterior...

result in a cleft (Hardin-Jones, Karnell, & Peterson-Falzone, 2001). Furthermore, in the U.S., the prevalence for cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL...

Gill slits are individual openings to gills, i.e., multiple gill arches, which lack a single outer cover. Such gills are characteristic of cartilaginous...

A branchial cleft cyst or simply branchial cyst is a cyst as a swelling in the upper part of neck anterior to sternocleidomastoid. It can, but does not...

The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner...

Sternal clefts are rare congenital malformations that result from defective embryologic fusion of paired mesodermal bands in the ventral midline. They...

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association, also known as CLAPA, is a national charity registered in England, Wales, and Scotland which supports people affected...

the vagus nerve. A bifid or bifurcated uvula is a split or cleft uvula. Newborns with cleft palate often also have a split uvula. The bifid uvula results...

headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, U.S., that provides free comprehensive cleft care, including surgery and dental services, to children in low to middle-income...

Myelin incisures (also known as Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, clefts of Schmidt-Lanterman, segments of Lanterman, medullary segments)...

mouth and nasal passage (a related defect affecting the face is cleft lip). While a cleft palate has a severe impact upon the ability to nurse and speak...

Pai syndrome, also known as Median cleft of the upper lip-corpus callosum lipoma-midline facial cutaneous polyps syndrome, is a very rare genetic disorder...

Cleft of the Rock Light is a privately owned lighthouse located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Yachats...

Cleft Island may refer to: Cleft Island (Antarctica) Cleft Island (Victoria) This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations...